AMS-02: Cosmic electron and positron (e− + e+) spectrum up to 1 TeV

The AMS-02 spectrometer, on the ISS since 2011, performs highly accurate measurements of cosmic rays up to the TeV region. We review the analysis of the cosmic (e + + e − ) flux in the energy range between 0.5 GeV and 1 TeV, based on 10.6 million (e + + e − ) events. The high statistics and detector energy resolution allow for a study of the spectral shape of unprecedented quality, thus improving our understanding of the production, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays. The resulting energy spectrum does not show prominent features.